Kalmar E!?' (Barakah) "albarka" tana nufin yawan abu mai kyau wanda ke ci gaba da kasancewa. Malamai ma sun yi nazari kan wannan kalma da ma'anarta, suka mayar da ita zuwa kalmar E!?' (Birkah), wadda ke nufin yawan ruwa mai yawa. Duk wani faffadan kwano ko tarin ruwa da ke ci gaba da ƙunshe da yawan ruwa mai yawa, to shi ne birkah. Haka kuma, albarka ita ma yawan alheri ne mai yawa wanda ke ci gaba da kasancewa. Don haka ma'anar wannan jumla ita ce: Ka saukar da albarka a kan abin da Ka ba ni.

The word E!?
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 (Barakah) “blessing” literally means a lot of anything good that is continuous. The scholars even trace this word and its meaning back to the word E!?'  (Birkah) which means a large amount of water. It is any wide container or gathering of water that continuously contains a large amount of water. Similarly, blessing is also a continuously large amount of good. So the meaning of this statement is: Send blessings down upon that which You have given me.

Kalmar "a cikin abin da Ka ba mu" tana da faɗi, tana shigar da duk abin da Allah ya ba mu na dukiya, da 'ya'ya, da ilimi, da duk sauran abin da Allah (SWT) ya fifita mu da shi. Saboda haka, kana roƙon Allah ya sa albarka a cikin duk waɗannan. Idan Allah bai sa albarka a cikin abin da Ya ba ka ba, to wani babban alheri zai hana ka.

The wording, “in what You have given” is comprehensive including anything Allaah has given us of wealth, children, knowledge, and everything else Allaah () has bestowed upon us. Therefore, you ask Allaah to put blessings in all of that. If Allaah does not put blessings into that which He has given you, a great amount of good will surely be prevented from you.

Ta yaya mutane da yawa suke mallakar dukiya mai yawa, amma kamar suna rayuwa cikin talauci?

How many people possess a vast amount of wealth, yet it is as if they are living in poverty?

Wannan saboda ba sa samun wata fa'ida ta gaske daga dukiyarsu; kawai suna tara ta ne, ba sa taɓa amfana da ita. Wannan shi ne sakamakon cire albarka daga cikinta.

This is because they gain no real benefit from their wealth; they simply collect it and never benefit from it. This is the result of the blessings being removed from it.

Haka kuma, mutane da yawa suna da yara da jikoki masu yawa, amma ba sa amfanar iyayensu da komai saboda rashin biyayya da rashin godiyarsu. Irin waɗannan mutane ba a albarkace su da yaransu ba.

Likewise, many people have lots of children and grandchildren, yet they do not benefit their parents in anything due to their disobedience and ungratefulness. Such people have not been blessed in their children.

Har ila yau, kana ganin wasu mutane da Allah ya ba su ilimi mai yawa, amma sai ka ga kamar ba su iya karatu ba. Ba ka ganin wata alama ta ilimi a cikin ibadarsu, ko a cikin halayensu, ko a cikin ɗabi'unsu, ko kuma a yadda suke mu'amala da wasu. Maimakon haka, ilimin nasu na iya ƙara musu girman kai, har su ɗauka cewa sun fi sauran bayin Allah daraja, suna raina su suna wulaƙanta su. Irin wannan mutum bai san cewa wanda ya ba shi wannan ilimin ba kowa ba ne face Allah. Kana ganin bai taɓa amfanar mutane da iliminsa ba, ba da darasi ba, ba da shawara ba, ba kuma da rubuce-rubuce ba. Akasin haka, shi kansa ne kawai yake maida hankali a kansa. Wannan babu shakka babban hasara ce, duk da cewa ilimin addini na ɗaya daga cikin abubuwa mafi albarka da Allah yake bai wa bawa.

You also find some people to whom Allaah has given a great amount of knowledge, yet it is as if he is illiterate. You see no traces of knowledge upon him in his worship, in his character, in his manners, or in the way he treats others. Rather, his knowledge may even increase him in arrogance and thinking himself to be above the rest of Allaah’s servants, belittling and humiliating them. Such a person does not realize the one who bestowed this knowledge upon him is none other than Allaah. You see that he never benefits people with his knowledge, neither with lessons, nor advice, nor with writings. On the contrary, he is exclusively centered only upon himself. This is without doubt a great deprivation, even though religious knowledge is one of the most blessed things Allaah gives to a servant.

Wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin dalilan: idan ka koyar da shi ga wasu, kuma ka yaɗa wannan ilimi a tsakanin mutane, za a ba ka lada a kan hakan, kuma wannan yana daga ɓangarori da dama daban-daban.

One reason for this is that when you teach it to others and spread this knowledge among the people, you are rewarded for that and this is from many different perspectives:

Lokacin da kake yada wannan ilimin addini, kana yin hakan ne saboda addinin Allah (SWT).

1. When you spread this religious knowledge, you do so for the religion of Allaah ().

Haka za ka zama daga cikin Mujahiddai a hanyar Allah: wannan saboda ka buɗe zukatanka ga ilimin addini kamar yadda mujahidi yake cin nasarar ƙasa da gyara da imani.

So you become from the Mujaahidoon in the path of Allaah: that is because you have opened the hearts to religious knowledge like the Mujaahid who conquers a land with rectification and faith.

2. Daga cikin albarkun yada ilimi da koyar da shi shi ne cewa ta hanyar yin hakan ana kiyayewa da kare shari'ar Allah (Shari'a). Da ba don isar da ilimi ba, da shari'ar ba za ta kasance an kiyaye ta ba.

2. From the blessings of spreading knowledge and teaching it is that by doing so, there is the preservation and protection of Allaah’s legislation (the Sharee’ah). If it were not for the passing on of knowledge, the legislation would not have been preserved.

3. Daga cikin falalar yada ilimi kuma akwai cewa idan ka koyar da wasu, kana yi musu alheri mai yawa. Kana ba su fahimta a game da addinin Allah (). Haka kuma idan bawa ya bauta wa Allah da ilimi da fahimta, ladan irin wannan lada da ake ba shi zai zama naka, domin kai ne ka nuna masa wani alheri na musamman. Wanda ya nuna wa wani ya aikata wani alheri yana kama da wanda ya aikata shi da kansa.9

3. Also from the blessings of spreading knowledge is that when you teach others, you are doing them a great deal of good. You give them insight into the religion of Allaah (). Moreover, when the servant then worships Allaah with knowledge and insight, similar rewards they are given will be your reward, because you directed them towards a particular good. The one who directs another to do something good is just like the one who actually does it.9

4. Haka kuma, ta hanyar yada ilimi da koyar da shi, ilimin mutum yana karuwa. An sani cewa duk wanda ya koyar da wani ilimi ga mutane, ilimin sa a wannan fanni zai karu. Wannan saboda a koyarwa, mutum yana tuno abin da ya riga ya koya kuma ya haddace, da kuma koyon sabbin abubuwa da dole ne ya shirya. A wannan ma'ana, akwai wata shahararriyar karin magana ta Larabci game da dukiya: "Tana karuwa ta hanyar kashe ta akai-akai, kuma tana raguwa idan an rike ta a matse a hannu." Haka nan, idan aka rike ilimi aka ki koyar da shi, a karshe zai ragu.

4. Also, by spreading and teaching knowledge, one’s own knowledge increases. It is known that anyone who teaches a particular knowledge to people, his knowledge in that subject will increase. This is because in teaching, one is recalling what he previously learned and memorized as well as learning new things that he must prepare. In this meaning, there is a famous (Arabic) proverb regarding wealth, “It increases by spending it often, and it decreases if held in a tight fist.” Similarly, if knowledge is withheld and not taught, it will eventually decrease.